We mulled over the idea of building a trailer frame from the ground up. My dad, Wayne, is an expert welder and can pretty much build anything out of metal. As he puts it, "I can weld anything from a broken heart to the crack of dawn". HAHAHA! As it turns out, we couldn't build a trailer frame for less than what we paid for our trailer. It would cost over $2000 to build a trailer from scratch. The main expenses would be the axles, suspension and the tires and wheels. So when we bought our travel trailer, we bought it only for the frame. We didn't want any of the other things on the trailer. We will try to recycle as scrap or sell off anything of value that wasn't part of the trailer frame. Since we only needed the trailer frame for our Tiny House, we will demolish everything on the frame. We are so happy to have found our trailer for such a good price.

Here are some pictures from day 2 and day 3. We have removed all the windows, doors, refrigerator, washer and dryer, plumbing fixtures, couch, air conditioner, water heater, power inverter, and roll out awning. Tomorrow we will strip off the aluminum siding and hopefully start chopping down the walls.

This was a 1994 Sportsman travel trailer. It's incredible how rotten and dilapidated it had gotten in only 20 years. It was completely neglected. Oh well the trailer frame is all I need.